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HSBC reports pretax profit of $1 billion on MENA operations
August 5th, 2014
HSBC has reported that its profit before tax for H1 2014 in the Middle East and North Africa is up nine per cent on both reported and constant currency bases. On an underlying basis, profit before tax increased by ...
Argentina to investigate holdouts’ investments
August 5th, 2014
Argentina’s markets watchdog on Monday launched an investigation into what it believes may have been unlawful speculation by holdout creditors whose litigation against the country for repayment of their defaulted bonds pushed it into a new default last week. ...
European Stocks Advance as BMW Beats Earnings Forecasts
August 5th, 2014
European stocks rose, rebounding from four days of losses, as companies including Bayerische Motoren Werke AG and Credit Agricole SA reported better-than-expected quarterly profit. U.S. stock futures were little changed, while Asian shares fell. BMW and Deutsche Post AG ...
CySec: renouncement of licence
August 5th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the Cypriot regulator, announced that, on 31st July 2014, the CIF “LQD Markets Ltd”, which provided investment services via the domain www.lqdmarkets.com, renounced its authorization pursuant to section 24(1)(b) of the Investment Services ...
Credit Suisse AG pays $88,400 infringement notice penalty
August 4th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has published the following announcement regarding a fine charged against Credit Suisse AG: Credit Suisse AG (“Credit Suisse”) has paid a penalty of $88,400 to comply with an infringement notice given to it ...
EU regulation concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions
August 4th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) informs the Cyprus Investment Firms, Management Companies, Administrative Services Companies and Regulated Markets (‘the Regulated Entities) about the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, on July 31, 2014, of ...
Nikkei Previews: run against them to get your face ripped off!
August 4th, 2014
Japanese second quarter results season peaked last week with the Nikkei newspaper playing its role as broadcaster of results days in advance of the actual company announcements. Japanese regulators continue to turn a blind eye to the now common ...
Earnings growth in Europe – first time in 3 years
August 4th, 2014
European companies are delivering growth for the first time in three years albeit concerns over Russia which held back markets at the end of last week. Equity strategists at Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse are somewhat upbeat pointing out ...
Investors Cheer Portuguese Bank Rescue
August 4th, 2014
Investors breathed a sigh of relief on Monday after Portugal prevented the collapse of one of its biggest banks, putting some life back into European stocks following last week’s slide and pushing bond yields lower across the board. Lisbon ...
Commercial Bank announces new executive appointment
August 4th, 2014
Commercial Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Colin Macdonald as Executive General Manager, Business Enablement. In a statement, Mr. Hussain Alfardan, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Commercial Bank said; “Colin has wide banking experience built ...
